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PICK- 5  is the form of pari-mutuel wagering whereby you select in order the winners of five consecutive races, placing your bet before the first race in the set of five goes off. Some tracks offer multiple Pick-5 wagering opportunities every day. For example, races 1-2-3-4-5 might be the first Pick-5, followed by the set of races 2-3-4-5-6,  then 3-4-5-6-7, then 4-5-6-7-8, and so on.

HOW TO READ THE CHART: This is, obviously, an abbreviated chart, displayed here to give you an idea of how the cost of the wager increases as you as add more horses in each race. The betting unit used is $1, so 16 = $16, 81= $81, etc.

For example, let's say you want to play 1 horse each of the five races. Your total bet cost is $1.
If you want to play 3 horses in each race, your total bet is $243. If you played 5 horses in each race, your total bet would be $3,125.

Number of Horses Used Per Race

Total Bet

Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5  
1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 32
3 3 3 3 3 243
4 4 4 4 4 1,024
5 5 5 5 5 3,125
6 6 6 6 6 7,776
7 7 7 7 7 16,807
8 8 8 8 8 32,768
9 9 9 9 9 59,049
10 10 10 10 10 100,000
11 11 11 11 11 161,051
12 12 12 12 12 248,832
 

The Easy Way to Calculate Your Own Pick-5 Bet Cost

Naturally, if you play the Pick-5, your handicapping may be such that you'll want to play different numbers of horses in each race, rather than always playing 1, or 2, or 3, or however many you think you need to use in each race.

Using $1 as the base betting unit, here's how to calculate the total number of bets and the total cost.

Just multiply the number of horses you want to play in each race:

  • 2 horses x 2 horses x 3 horses x 4 horses x 2 horses = 96 bets = $96

  • 1 horse x 3 horses x 1 horse x 5 horses x 1 horse = 15 bets = $15

  • 2 horses x 3 horses x 3 horses x 1 horse x  4 horses = 36 bets = $72

 


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